from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" with california girls kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from universal city walk at universal studios in hollywood. [ cheers and applause ] >> it is hard to believe it's the dead of winter, isn't it? >> hey, everybody. it's booze day tuesday. did you know that? >> it is february 19th. hard to believe it's the dead of winter. but we are so happy to be here.

you guys are such a lucky crowd. i'll tell you why. guess who is going to be joining us live on this stage with us? >> the guys tell all panel? >> flo rida! ♪ >> this is one of my favorite songs. have you heard this one? ♪ >> i don't know what it means but i like it. ♪ when you blow my whistle baby ♪ >> you know what it means. >> no, i don't. he's going to sing with us and dance with us. >> teach us how to do his "wild thing" song, right? >> yes, and it's going to be scary. >> we are here at universal city walk. we are drinking a booze day lemonade inspired by the lounge. we want to thank them very much. and we're going to have a burger off. cook off a little later. and if you can come here to universal studios, hollywood,

you will get the greatest burger in the whole world. it's been made here since 1946. not this particular one. because this is tommy's world famous hamburgers. and have you guys had them? are they good? it's got onions. >> come on. wrap those lips around that. oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. how was that? good? good? delicious? >> it's really just too big for me. i'm just such a small little thing. it's got chili on it. you're not going to give it a try? >> it's got some cheese on there. i would love to. i don't want to make you feel bad at all that you weren't here with us yesterday. >> excuse me. >> but yesterday was a huge day for a lot of people but especially for edgar. >> edgar. >> right there in our third row. >> the reason it was a big deal for edgar, he came here yesterday and won a toyota car on our show. >> an rav 4.

>> you said you've been driving your mom's car forever, right? >> since 11th grade. she gave me her pickup truck. i've been driving it ever since. >> you gave her a call to tell her you had new hot wleels? >> i gave her a call. she said that's the car i wanted. i was like no, mom, it's my car. she started crying. that was her first reaction. >> she's going to be asking to borrow your car now. >> you know what's funny about tuesdays? people say it's an unhappy day. not for edgar but for other people. >> for everybody else who didn't win. >> they say it's the unhappiest day of the week, because number one, it's so far away from the weekend. it's not monday which you expect to be a crummy day. tuesday is just tuesday. not quite at wednesday. >> it exists in the net erworld, right? >> it does. >> so we were going to try to think of some ways to help you guys get happy on this tuesday. because you know what day that is. so here are some things that people say make you happy. you guys tell us if you agree or

disagree. >> "prevention" magazine says this. >> right. so they say that what makes us the happiest on tuesday is thinking about thursday. does that do it? thumbs up or thumbs down? >> thinking about friday. agree to disagree. >> they say thursdays. for me doesn't it really come down to what you're going to be doing it that day and who you're going to be doing it with? it could be a lousy nothing day. but if you're going to have lunch with your friend you haven't seen in two years? you've got to make a day what you want it to be, hoda woman. >> exactly. i'm enjoying this tuesday. >> yes. >> the other thing that they say may make you feel better on a tuesday is to go watch a tear jerker movie. >> like "beaches." >> because when you look at how sad some people's lives are yours feels better. >> it's like everything's relative concept. >> they say doing less for your kids makes you happier. because if you invest everything

in your children's lives, pretty soon they're off on their on and there your with nothing. do you think that's true? >> had you had children, hoda woman. >> i love children. >> what kind of mother do you think you would have been? do you think you would have been a helicopter mom? >> i don't think so. because my parents weren't like that. so i don't think i would have been like that. you're not like that with your kids. >> i think it's really important that you super discipline your kids, really discipline them. give them limits so they know what the limits are. and then let them test the limits as they get older and older and older. but no, the hardest thing in the world to do is let go as a parent, right, you guys? yeah. >> i do think a lot of parents do, once their kids leave for college it's that whole sad, hoible empty nest thing that happens. you can tell why -- >> that's why i'm in california because my kids are here. >> yes, you are. you're still chasing your children. >> they moved away from mommy but mommy won't let them go. do you want to do something about our signs? want to give something away?

>> let's see some signs. so the "the real housewives of ventura county." i'm kind of liking california dreaming. >> california dreaming on the right. i like that. >> i do like the california and the wining. we like that she cut up "people" magazine and put it on the poster. i like it. we are going to pick in a couple of minutes. we'll pow wow about that in a second. >> they say looking at other people's postings on facebook makes you unhappy. because they're all on vacation and you're at home. or they've just won an award and you didn't. >> you weren't even nominated. >> their kids just got straight a's and yours didn't. >> but how much of it is true that people actually put on facebook? don't they just -- i mean, isn't it easy like so easy to lie about stuff? >> yeah. but i think they take their best days ever and put them on. so i think you feel crumby about

your day. >> false happiness or something to me. i just think it's so sad that somebody's just on facebook all day long looking at other people's lives and not living their own. >> i do that sometimes. i do. i mean, but you want to see what everyone's up to. but then you don't realize -- >> what if they're not up to it? >> but they are. then you feel like wow. i have to seau can get a little envious. i don't want to, and i hate myself when i'm doing it. but i'm like she has such a cute boyfriend. or her life seems happy. >> it's momentary. >> hence the special drink we have. >> it will change by tomorrow. >> exactly. but like the weather don't get used to it. things change. >> you guys, we have some bizarre hotels. we want to direct you up to the big screen because you'll be able to see them better here. but these are some of the strangest and craziest hotel ideas. and since this is president's day weekend a lot of people will be going away. the first pick is called the sheep wagon in nebraska. so you could actually say that you stayed -- >> that's a hotel room.

got a bathroom. it's got the whole magilla. shower and everything. >> does it really have a bathroom though? >> yes. >> deluxe mattress. >> they're heated. >> all right. what's that cost you per night? >> i don't know. >> like $79 or something like that? >> in finland you can enjoy your life, your vacation in an igloo. >> now, that looks pretty cool. >> yeah. not private. all glass. >> but not many people around, either. >> would you guys like an upside down room? this is in berlin. >> that's the igloo still. >> here's the upside down room. your bed's on the ceiling and all the furniture is up on the floor. every room has a special theme. >> i think the bed is the only thing that's actually on the floor and all the other furniture -- how do you turn on your lights? >> i don't know. they probably have it rigged up for you. costa rica, how about this? you can spend your vacation on a plane. okay? you just got off one and now you're getting right back on one.

>> who doesn't want that? >> kids we're going to pick our favorite sign right now. the winner gets a $5 mug! we got money to burn. because we are low budget since edgar ran off with our car yesterday. that was cute. there was one more. that's awfully cute, too. >> all right. let's go with the one in the back there. matt, katie and al, kathie lee and hoda you're my gals. >> we have a big show you guys. guess who's about to join us right here on the stage? flo rida. we'll see you after a bit. [ cheers ] >> he's here already. >> hi, baby. >> hello. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta®(eszopiclone) can help you get there. like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake.

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[ cheers ] >> now he's got one more. >> yeah. >> we're about to help him out. >> he needs us to help him. a little later we're going to help flo rida remix one of his songs. we are so ready for you. hey, flo. >> hello, ladies. >> i feel like i shouldn't be sitting in the middle of you. >> that's okay. you're fine. >> the grammys were a week away. must have been a lot of fun. i know you had fun over there. >> so amazing. stepping out on the red carpets. i had family members tweeting pictures of me. i just signed a new artist in my label. and i got a chance to see the tribute to bob marley. >> that's cool. >> you loved seeing justin timberlake. >> that was amazing. great job, justin. >> wow. when you're recovereding a song in the studio, do you say to yourself, i know this one's going to be a hit? do you know that with your songs? >> immediately i know. >> how? just the beat? >> you don't have to have number one records and everything. i'll listen to the production first of all. then i listen to the chorus, the

type of flow on the record. >> the hook. >> i get goose bumps every time. i remember the first time i heard "wild one." just the edit of it. >> "i cry" is one of your favorites. what about that song? >> it has the up tempo beat and melody and zblings that's your ex neerns life. >> -- experience in life. >> i have my nephew with me. growing up in the projects, a small apartment. i just had to let the fans know where i come from what i came for. >> i think we should stop talking and start singing. now we're going to sing the hook in this song. what's the song? >> "wide one". >> making sure. this is the way it's supposed to sound. >> emphasis on that. ♪ hey i heard you were a wild one ooh ooh if i took you home

would be a home run show me how you do ♪ >> okay. >> okay. so this is how it's supposed to sound. >> right. >> okay. now, we would like to do this with you. we're not supposed to sound like that. help us do this right. because we want to sing the hook better than this girl. >> can you lower is a third? that's the problem. >> not in my key. >> when i'm doing the record i always do the backgrounds. the very deep part. but i'll try to help you guys out with the high-pitched part. facial expression is very important. >> i am so excited. what should we do? >> if you forget the lyrics just fake it. that will be even better. >> okay. we're ready. >> so you start off. >> we've got to wait for it. we're ready. go. is it now? >> it's coming up.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> here with us we have a great group. >> flo rida is here with us. he is sticking around. we are so excited.

also with us is gille marina. married with two kids. >> jaleel white. 5'5", total black out. he's single with a daughter. >> and bob ginea divorced. with "show house showdown." he has been married, of course. >> that's right. he's divorced. >> our newbie at the end here is a single guy from bravo's "van der pump rules" the single jack taylor. >> first up we have kelly from camaria. >> i'm actually shocked i have a question for you guys because i've been married like 27 years. >> it's still a man. >> still is. still a mystery. but why do you guys even bother to ask our opinion when you don't listen? >> o h! >> we just want to make you feel good. but we're not. >> what do you think? why do you yes them?

>> the first thing i ever learned from my sisters was to listen. so i don't have that problem. i have seven sisters. >> oh! >> but ladies, he's looking. he's looking. >> i'm up here. >> gille, what do you think about that? >> no, i think we do listen. we might not -- yeah. i'm pretty sure we're listening. but we aren't very vocal about it. but we're listening. we are listening. >> let's go to the next question, a facebook post. does it matter to my husband if i come to bed in sweats versus something sexy? >> yes. >> does it matter? >> right here. >> you know, i like to split the difference, though. i don't like all that made up crazy lingerie stuff. i just like boy shorts and a t-shirt cut off to about here. >> do you agree? you don't like the sexy lingerie? >> it's going to come off.

>> exactly. >> i don't care what they wear as long as they come in my bedroom. that's all that matters. >> i agree with what jaleel said. but at the same time i definitely love the lingerie as well. >> okay. the perfect man. >> this guy's good. >> sara, taking notes i hope. >> next up is nicole from indiana. >> hi, boys. >> hello. >> when you go out with a girl for the first time, what is the average amount of time it takes for you to text them or call them if you're interested? when should i get worried if you're not contacting me? >> i get into trouble with this on one. >> i mean the next day? is that soon enough? i wouldn't freak out if it takes a couple of days. >> bob, what do you think? >> a little slower. >> i don't think there's like a four-day rule or anything like that. if i like someone i might text them that night and say i had a great time for you. thanks for taking the time. >> we're taking a short break

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that's the cold truth! [ cheers and applause ] >> hoda and i are in absolute heaven. not only are we here at universal studios city walk. we are here with five amazing guys. flo rida stayed with us. we have gille, jaleel, bob and jack and tell-all panel. from the crowd. >> how are you guys doing? my question is for the guys. when is the right time to say "i love you"? >> very good question. all right. who wants to take that one first? >> >> i'm not in charge of that one. >> the right time is when you feel anytime your heart and that's it. there's no right time. >> but it shouldn't be after the first date, right? >> probably i said that to my

wife. in 16 years we're together. >> but you know what? a lot of people aren't worried about saying "i love you" we're they're worried about the response. somebody saying it back. right? >> don't text it first. >> flo, do you say it first or wait? >> i probably would go with the "luv" the first time. >> "luv." >> or just "love you. had a good time". >> have you all had your hearts broken? >> oh, yeah. >> they say a man has a harder time getting over a woman than a woman does. >> i was eight years old and fell in love with a horse. she didn't want to date me. >> next up we have tamara. >> hi, guys. i'm just wondering what your opinion of man scaping is. >> that's a good question. >> man scaping. >> it's very important to me. >> very important. >> it's mandatory. >> does everyone do man scaping? jack? >> absolutely. >> bob?

>> i don't overscape. but i think there's a fine line there. i think you need to scape. but just don't overscape. that can be kind of weird. >> all right. >> jaleel, what are you talking about? >> i'm like man don't talk about man scaping. don't talk about man scaping. >> you do a little of that, flo? >> [ inaudible ]. >> is it waxing? what do you do? >> oh, no. >> whoa whoa. >> no waxing. >> trimming? >> just trimming. >> do any of you pluck? >> buzzing. >> no. >> pluck? >> oh. i thought you said something else. okay. sorry. there is some buzzing, though. >> buzzing. >> maintenance. >> all right. we have time for another one, sara. >> next up we have robin from l.a. >> okay. so what's your ideal date? >> ideal date. >> well just go down the line maybe. flo? >> a lot of times i'm home in

miami definitely want to pull out in a nice car. i like to probably go out to a movie or something. >> something you don't have a lot of time for. >> yeah. >> i think the ideal date the end of the night would be you go home and you're like that was a great time. that's it. >> doesn't matter what you did? >> doesn't matter. >> i'm mr. creativity when it comes to that stuff. i like to get a woman outside of her comfort zone. so i like to go skiing or something like that. go in the trees. break a leg. >> you're bad. >> you never know what can happen in the trees though, brother. >> i like having people over at the house for a barbecue. i get to know her, she get to know my friends at the same time. >> jack. >> i'm like bob here. i also just like to have a girl over, make her dinner, watch a movie. >> make her dinner. you guys are great. >> that's a michigan boy right there. >> coming up next, we go on a grand tour next. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health

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♪ ♪ i wore my hair up and my lipstick on ♪ ♪ it's nothing wrong with who you are she said ♪ >> you are listening to 19-year-old megan aereol. she was on "the today show" many years ago. she was eight years old. look at her up here doing her thing. she's doing really well. >> to do a performance at the park you have to go through a pretty strenuous audition process. >> way to go, girl. >> it is time for sara in the city. and our sara haynes takes on

universal. >> i hear she's been doing a little bit of schmoozing. >> if you're a real hi important person or you just want a little more out of your theme park experience, the vip experience is for you. today i'm at universal studios hollywood. the entertainment capital of l.a. we're here to enjoy universal studios vip experience. the special tour that takes you behind the scenes of the theme park and puts the world of movie-making magic within arm's reach. when you're a vip, the lines are shorter. in the vip lounge you never know who you're going to run into. >> welcome to the vip experience. i'll be your guide today. >> first up, chelsea lacy.

kathie lee got a personalized tour with chelsea. i wonder what they'll have for me. >> she's not even here. chelsea's not here? there are no lights. i couldn't even get lights on? i'm going to bring in my friends. come on, guys. we've got the place to ourselves. >> from one set to another. >> the set they want to take you into right now, one of the main sets from "parenthood." this is where most of that show takes place, inside of this kitchen. everything not nailed to the set, the couches, the chairs, the lamps, these are called props. and we store them in our property warehouse where we have nearly 1 million props. >> props and movie history in fabric. >> take a look at this. there's a name. m. brando. >> that's marlon brando's? >> this is from the last season on "shane".

>> that's awesome. >> anybody remember "the flying nun" with sally field? this is the habit. >> oh, my gosh. there's a disco ball section. >> what if you like vintage toys? i love these. >> that's pretty hot. >> is this tour going to involve food anytime soon again? >> and boy, oh, boy, was the answer yes. >> i was expecting a hot dog or something. and i'm going to get lobster. >> there's no scrimping when it comes to this kind of buffet. these people are the elite of elites for us. >> i agree. i am the elite of elites. >> oh, for sure. >> after lunch, the tour transformed. and now we're off to enter the world of the autobots as they battle for the safety and survival of planet earth.

sorry, megatron. i'm more of an autobot kind of girl. autobot, roll out! >> transformers the wide 3d. 60,000 square feet of 3d robots. >> you can't escape megatron. >> from futuristic robots to a great big ape. "king kong" was next. [ screaming ] >> after "king kong" it was off to new york street, where over 8,000 tv shows and movies have been filmed, including "the sting" "austin powers" and "spider-man." from new york street it was past live sets and straight to the

bates motel. >> how creepy. which wasn't empty. >> oh, my god. he's going. >> he's still coming. >> he's way too into character. it's method acting. go. go. >> the universal vips and i, we came, we saw, we conquered. >> conquered we did. i don't think i could experience a theme park any other way at this point. a little spoiled. so back to you girls. >> good job, sara. >> thank you. >> we're going to find out what the best burgers in l.a. are all about. >> sous chefs who know how to handle their meat. >> careful. right after this. >> good day to you. i'm meteorologist chris warren with a look at your weather channel forecast. we're going to see winter storm

q winding up and starting to cause some problems throughout parts of the southwest and then pushing into the plains later on today. where you see some of this pink that could be an icy mix. either sleet or rain drops that freeze before reaching the ground or freezing rain which is when the liquid rain freezes on contact with the surface that is below freezing. that is a very dangerous situation. something we're going to watch out for throughout the day here at the weather channel. as temperatures will be below freezing in many spots tomorrow. so thursday things are looking really tricky. this is one especially early on parts of kansas and nebraska will get clobbered with snow. more than a foot of snow a possibility. parts of northern arkansas and southern missouri dealing with some of that freezing rain. if it does come down to be about .25 to .5 inch this could be a crippling freezing rain situation there. that's something we're going to have to watch out for with those temperatures below the freezing mark in many spots. the storm, winter storm q does

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today's kitchen is brought to you by ritz. open for fun. >> and in today's kitchen, six juicy and meaty just the way hoda likes it. >> that is gross, okay? i like burgers, anyway. but anyway, we have two of the finest burger joints in l.a. with us today be don't we? >> for this american classic. we have adam flieshman over here representing he's the founder of ooh mommy burger. ooh mommy i want that. andy wederhorn chairman and ceo of back burger. good to see you guys today. >> what are we cooking? >> we're doing more unusual burgers. we have our hangover burger. pa pastrami, eggs, cheese. lots lots of carbs. >> and we have this scotch burger infused with scotch. >> i want to try this one.

>> the hang overburger? >> yes. >> you have a lot of different sauces. tell us about these. >> we make a bunch of different sauces that are infused with -- edemame in there. >> you can have this -- >> oh, my gosh. that is so good. >> egg and the whole -- >> and the scotch. >> this one doesn't look all the way cooked through. what is that? >> that's a rare ahi tuna burger. a lot of people like it rare. that's how we do it. >> very good. very very good. >> look at this one with potatoes on it. tell us about these two. >> these are smashed potatoes with garlic and olive oil. truffle burgers, manly burger, pickles we make in house. >> can i tell you? this is outstanding. >> another hangover? >> that's another hangover. of course it is. thank you. >> but over here to you, back burger man. you're coming to new york i hear. >> so we open in new york in about three months. >> okay. >> and back burgers started in

1952 here if los angeles. 60 years old. a black woman in south central los angeles. now we're in 27 countries around the world. >> now what makes yours you unique? >> it's a fresh burger. and it's cooked right in front of you with all the toppings that you customize and add so you can have chili and an egg and cheese. >> i like the size of these. these are manageable. >> we also have half pound these are turkey burgers. we sold 1 million turkey burgers last year. >> tell us about these? >> those are a pound and a half. gigantic. >> hoda. >> what's happening here? go hoda. >> we need flo rida to say something. >> you can do it, hoda. >> i can't do it. >> a little encouragement for hoda. [ cheers ] >> told you you could do it. >> we have fat fries and skinny fries.

homemade onion rings. handmade milk shakes. >> all delicious. welcome to new york in a couple of months. >> thank you. >> there's some other burger joints around here, right? >> yeah. if you want the original tommy's world famous one you can only get it here at universal city walk. but these are great, too. >> they have shakes too obviously. >> the milk shakes we add add little bit of something for you guys. >> thank you so much, guys. >> we'll be back you guys. we're going to have some magic tricks. this is "today" on nbc. want to know what i did in the last five hours? i disproved the theory of relativity. i mastered origami while beating the record for hacky sack. found bigfoot. swam the english channel. and then i swam back. and then i took the dogs for a walk. how do i do all of this? 5-hour energy. hours of energy now with no crash later. andale!

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>> a few years ago a man named milt larson opened up a very exclusive club called the magic cass nell hollywood. >> i've been to it many times. private club. so much fun. one of the most famous people to ever come out of there is this gentleman, john armstrong. do you have tricks up your sleeves for us? >> this looks like a deck of cards, right? that's a deck of cards. this is very important. this is a tiny plunger.

i'll show you the most amazing thing you've ever seen. watch this. okay. magic. no. no. see how it picks it up? you can actually do this with multiple cards. put it right there. i go ready? >> how did you do that? >> that shouldn't work, right? >> it shouldn't. really shouldn't. >> aren't you just using your sly little fingers? >> quit trying to find him out. >> usually people applaud but that's okay. [ applause ] >> that could have been a fluke. the plunger is learning. he understands things. i'll show you what i mean. give me a number between 1 and 10. >> say it out loud? >> 8. >> the plunger hears you say 8. he understands that. this time when he picks up the card he won't pick up all the card. he'll pick up exactly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. >> it's magic. >> how did you do that? >> tiny plunger. would you like to get involved

in this? give me a number between 10 and 20. >> 16. frank gifford. >> i should have predicted that actually. >> all right once again hold out your hands. all right. the plujer hea the plunger hears you say 16. >> 16. >> count those down. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. >> are you kidding? >> on the dot. 16. >> that is one smart little plunger. >> tiny plunger. the tiny plunger, he doesn't just understand like card quantity. he understands card identity. >> let's see. >> i'll show you what i mean. >> clubs and diamonds and hearts and things? >> kathie lee, you reach in there and grab anymore you like, please. >> i like this card very, very much. >> show it to everybody. >> show it to everybody. >> got it. >> i won't look. >> and i'm going to ask you to put it back inside there? >> inside. >> can i stick it anywhere i

wan want? >> oh, no. i'll never find it now. that's okay. because i'm not doing it, the plunger is. the plunger will now memorize the entire deck of cards. >> and go. >> he has done some. >> okay. and go. >> please whisper the name of your card to the tiny plunger. a lot of people just pick it up. that was cool. all right. watch this. watch. he knows where all the cards are. plus now he knows what your card is. >> i don't believe it. this is it. 30 seconds. oh, my god. you rocked it. >> tiny plunger is the best. that was awesome. thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> we have a great show coming up tomorrow. >> i go to the house in malibu that howie mandel wants to sell to me. >> uh-huh. >> he does quite the sales job on me, yes. >> you know what we're saying. she wore